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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.
risk mitigation (Technique)
Monte Carlo simulation
portfolio
finish date
2. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives
portfolio management (Technique)
validation
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
monitor and control risks (Process)
3. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.
develop human resource plan (Process)
pareto chart (Tool)
project scope
defect
4. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule
lead (Technique)
project management office (PMO)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
5. Information and data on the status of the project schedule activities being performed to accomplish the project work collected as part of the direct and manage project execute processes. Information includes: status of deliverables - implementation s
baseline
variance analysis (Technique)
project management body of knowledge
work performance information
6. Schedule activity that has a low total float.
slack
BCWP
near critical activity
output (Process)
7. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities
application area
forward pass
scheduled start date (SS)
regulation
8. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded
activity code
schedule compression
change control board (CCB)
project management plan (Output/Input)
9. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
validation
product
early finish date (EF)
10. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase
network path
validation
initiating processes (Process Group)
contract (Output/Input)
11. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
work performance information
functional organization
perform quality control (Process)
planned value (PV)
12. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
master schedule (Tool)
product life cycle
activity duration
13. Significant point or event in the project
logical relationship
technique
rolling wave planning (Technique)
milestone
14. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active
define scope (Process)
resource calendar
project management office (PMO)
execute
15. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector
application area
common cause
milestone
sub network
16. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system
change control system (Tool)
project management office (PMO)
simulation
start date
17. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds
buyer
input (Process) input
root cause analysis (Technique)
co-location (Technique)
18. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools
perform quality assurance (Process)
practice
work authorization system (Tool)
triggers
19. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me
constraint (Input)
analogous estimating (Technique)
work performance information
collect requirements (Process)
20. Budgeted cost of work performed
virtual team
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
buffer
BCWP
21. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved
variance
approved change request (Output/Input)
estimate activity resources (Process)
technique
22. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes
predecessor activity
perform quality control (Process)
to complete performance index (TCPI)
sensitivity analysis
23. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence
project phase
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
work authorization
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
24. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase
defect
work performance information
simulation
close project or phase (Process)
25. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability
staffing management plan
project management body of knowledge
acceptance criteria
request for information (RFI)
26. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.
hammock activity
claim
s-curve
triggers
27. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.
schedule compression
time and material contract (T&M)
execute
lessons learned(Output/Input)
28. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p
configuration management system (Tool)
develop project charter (Process)
role
influence diagram (Tool)
29. Collection of schedule activity dependencies that makes up a project schedule network diagram
secondary risk
network logic
early finish date (EF)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
30. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
monitor
early start date (ES)
project time management (Knowledge Area)
resource breakdown structure
31. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status
performance reports (Output/Input)
decomposition (Technique)
work breakdown structure component
assumptions analysis (Technique)
32. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources
logical relationship
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
estimate activity durations (Process)
staffing management plan
33. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans
node
resource histogram
analogous estimating (Technique)
develop project management plan (Process)
34. Processes that organize and manage the project team
stakeholder
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
develop project management plan (Process)
buyer
35. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work
risk management plan (Output/Input)
secondary risk
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
finish to start (FS)
36. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project
late finish date (LF)
budget at completion (BAC)
grade
subproject
37. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements
project management system (Tool)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
change control
38. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item
project manager
product
root cause analysis (Technique)
baseline
39. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.
schedule performance index (SPI)
grade
request for proposal (RFP)
administer procurements (Process)
40. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase
brainstorming (Technique)
risk acceptance (Technique)
closing processes (Process Group)
authority
41. Developing a detailed description of the project and product
define scope (Process)
administer procurements (Process)
path divergence
plan risk management (Process)
42. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project
reserve
human resource plan
portfolio management (Technique)
work package
43. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
float
calendar unit
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
44. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline
scope change
sequence activities (Process)
determine budget (Process)
residual risk
45. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship
project schedule (Output/Input)
data date
subproject
fast tracking (Technique)
46. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.
expected monetary value (EMV)
project life cycle
percent complete
close project or phase (Process)
47. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope
schedule compression
triggers
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
48. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.
budget at completion (BAC)
manage project team (Process)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
product
49. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration
assumptions
produce scope
network logic
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
50. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports
slack
activity code
develop project management plan (Process)
direct and manage project execution (Process)